Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Released in 2008, Grouper’s breakthrough record is a quiet, blurred masterpiece - part folk, part dream, part disappearance.
Jamie Hutchinson
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Third
In 1978, Big Star released a record that sounded like it was falling apart as you listened. Bleak, beautiful and brutally honest.
Spirit of Eden
In 1988, Talk Talk walked away from synth-pop and made something transcendent. Spirit of Eden is slow, improvised, spiritual - a cult masterpiece.
So Tonight That I Might See
In 1993, Mazzy Star released a record that sounds like a slow-motion dream - ethereal, unhurried and quietly spellbinding. It still lingers like smoke.
Phew
In 1981, Japanese musician Phew made a record with members of Can in a Cologne studio known for birthing sonic oddities. The result is stark, hypnotic and unlike anything else.
I'm the One
In 1972, Annette Peacock fused jazz, electronics and desire into a record that still sounds alien today. It’s raw, seductive and decades ahead of its time.
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